Button.



PATEN'IED APR. 28, 1903.,

W. G. BROWN.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.14, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIS G. BROWN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pat ent No. 726,630, dated April28, 1903. Application filed October 14. 1902. Serial No. 127,247. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern: 2

Be it known that I, WILLIS G. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented newand useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to buttons, and particularly that class used inconnection with collars and neckbands of shirts; and the object of thesame is to provide simple and effective means for easily andconveniently applying and removing a button and securing the latter inrelation to a buttonhole or series of buttonholes.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed. V

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a button embodyingthe features of the invention and showing the securing member inposition to prevent the button from being removed from the buttonhole.Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the improved button shown applied to apiece of fabric, illustrated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a transversevertical section on the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. at is an edge elevationof the improved button, showing the securing member in position forinsertion or withdrawal through a buttonhole.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a button-head of any suitable form and adaptedto beornamented or provided with a setting. Extending from the center ofone side of the said head is a substantially flat shank 2, having a slot3 formed therein near its free end. The securing member 4 is constructedfrom a loop of resilient wire and comprises two tongues 5 and 6,connected at one extremity by a bond 7, and between the opposite ends ofsaid tongues is an open space whereby the securing member may. bereadilyapplied to the shank 2. The ends 8 and 9 of the tongues 5 and 6, betweenwhich the open space is provided, are reduced and have the side members10 of each gradually diverged from said ends to a maximum intermediatelateral projection, beyond which contracted seats 11 are formed. Fromthe said seats 11 and in the direction of the bend 7 the side members ofthe tongues converge, and as the said side members are free to becompressed or yield either tongue 5 or 6 may be locked in relation tothe shank 2 of the button when inserted through the slot 3 to disposethe securing member in a plane at right angles to the shank, and thushold the button against ac- "cidental detachment. The tongue 6 is longerthan the tongue 5 and is preferably inserted in the button-shank toprovide a more extended resistance to the accidental detachment of thebutton after it is applied to the buttonhole. In this arrangement of thetongue 6 the tongue 5 extends over the free end of the shank 2 andserves as a guard to prevent said shank end from injuring the neck orbody of the wearer; but, it is obvious that the securing member can bereversed and the tongue 5 inserted in the shank. In this latter eventthe tongue 6 will serve as the guard.

When the button is arranged for insertion in or withdrawal through abuttonhole, the securing member is pulled downwardly until the bend 7rests within the slot 3, and in this arrangement the said securingmember may be held in a plane parallel with or as a continuation of theshank 2, as clearly shown by Fig. 4. The length of the slot 3 and thetransverse construction of the bends 7 in relation to each other are soproportioned that as shown byFig. 4, and when the securing member isextended away from the shank for the purpose of inserting it in ordrawing it through the buttonhole a convenient means will be providedfor directing said shank through the buttonhole or a number ofbuttonhoies, as in the conjunctive relation of a collar and neckband ofa shirt, and the resistance offered by thick stiff layers of materialcomprised in the construction of the collar and neckband may be readilyovercome.

While the improved button has been ,described as being particularlyapplicable for use as a collar-button, it will be understood that it maybe employed also for securing garments, such as vests. One of theadvantages of the use of the improved button is that no matter how wornor enlarged a buttonhole may become the button will be held intact orconnected to a neckband or other garment with which it may be usedthrough the medium of the extended bearing afforded by the longer tongue6. It is also proposed to suitably plate the securing member and to varythe proportions and dimensions of the same relatively to the size of thebutton with which it is used.

Several uses or applications of the improved button have been heretoforeset forth, but the most important and preferred use is to have the headof the button disposed against the inner side of the neckband of a shirtand the shank 2 projected rearwardly through the buttonhole or outwardlythrough the latter with the guard on the outside of the collar, throughwhich the shank is also passed. When the guard is in vertical relationto the shank, it can be efficiently employed as a means for holding theband of a necktie, which is slipped in between the tongues and preventedfrom riding upwardly over the collar. In this latter use of the improveddevice the tongue 5 will stand outwardly from the shank and the tongue 6will be in engagement with said shank, the shorter tongue 5 permittingthe band of the necktie to be forced upwardly from the lower end of theguard with more convenience.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1.A button, comprising a shank having an opening therethrough, and adoubled securing member having tongues, one of the latter being adaptedto be inserted in the opening and the other serving as a guard for theinserted tongue and standing, when attached, in advance of the free endof the shank.

2. A button, comprising a shank having an opening therethrough, and asecuring member having tongues with intermediate seats, the tonguesbeing connected at one end by a bend and one of the same insertible inthe said opening.

3. A button, having a shank with an opening therethrough, and a securingmember comprising two resilient parts connected to each other at oneextremity by a bend, the one part being insertible in the shank andmovable therethrough to bring the bend in engagement therewith.

4. A button, comprisingahead and a shank having an opening therethrough,and asecuring member formed with a pair of spaced tongues withintermediate seats, the one tongue being insertible through the shankand the other serving as a guard.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIS G. BROWN.

Witnesses:

HUGH M. STERLING, CHAS. S. HYER.

